Category Children’s Story Hour

The Kissing Hand Audrey Penn Ages 2-5 School is starting in the forest, but Chester Raccoon does not want to go. To help ease Chester’s fears, Mrs. Raccoon shares a family secret called the Kissing Hand to give him the…

The Invisible String Patrice Karst Ages 3-7 In this relatable and reassuring contemporary classic, a mother tells her two children that they’re all connected by an invisible string. “That’s impossible!” the children insist, but still they want to know more:…

The Incredible Book Eating Boy Oliver Jeffers Ages 3-7 Like many children, Henry loves books. But Henry doesn’t like to read books, he likes to eat them. Big books, picture books, reference books . . . if it has pages,…

The Hungry Thing Goes to a Restaurant Jan Slepian & Ann Seidler Ages 6-8 The Hungry Thing takes twins Buster and Sue to a restaurant, where the two children interpret the Hungry Thing’s requests for “bapple moose” and “spoonadish” to…

The Hungry Duckling Claude Clement Ages 5-6 Quack the duck is accidentally hatched by a chicken, but he does not find true happiness until Mother Duck shows him how to swim and eat like other ducks.

The Gruffalo Julia Donaldson Ages 2-4 When Mouse takes a stroll through the woods, he meets a fox, an owl, and a snake who all want to eat him! So Mouse invents a gruffalo, a monster with “terrible tusks and…

The Grouchy Ladybug Eric Carle Ages 2-4 As children follow the Grouchy Ladybug on her journey, they will learn the important concepts of time, size, and shape, as well as the benefits of friendship and good manners. Readers will love…

The Great Puppy Invasion Alastair Heim Ages 4-7 What’s a town to do when not one, not two, but hundreds of adorable, wriggling puppies invade? This is especially a problem in Strictville, where no one has ever seen puppies before.…

The Good Morning Book Lori Joy Smith Ages 3-7 This funny, imaginative picture book takes the reader to far off places to see how creatures of many shapes and kinds say “good morning” to the ones they love. Told with…

The Good Egg Jory John Ages 3-6 Meet the good egg. He’s a verrrrrry good egg indeed. But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten. As the other eggs in the dozen behave badly, the good…